Endoscopically assisted harvesting of the superficial temporal artery: Technical note

Neurosurgery

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 982-985

  Kubo, Shigeki ^a   Takimoto, Hiroshi ^a   Yoshimine, Toshiki ^b   Nussbaum, Eric S ^c   Han, Patrick P ^c   Spetzler, Robert F ^c   Lawton, Michael T ^c  

^a Osaka Neurological Institute   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Endoscope; Harvesting; Less invasive surgery; Revascularization; Superficial temporal artery; Superficial temporal artery to middle cerebral artery anastomosis; Vessel graft

Indexed keywords

ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CRANIOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HAIR LOSS; HUMAN; INCISION; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NECROSIS; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETRACTOR; REVASCULARIZATION; SCALP; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0037385688     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000053151.65510.8D     Document Type: Article

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